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Prior to the just-completed annual gathering in Hiroshima of the Antarctic Treaty parties – the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting – my colleagues at the University of Tasmania wrote here in The Interpreter (Opens in new window) that despite the deeply troubled world order at the moment, the meeting had the potenti...

Even with expectations that major breakthroughs were unlikely, the results of the meeting proved, despite the strong efforts of Japan as host country, quite unimpressive.

The main diplomatic questions before the meeting, beyond relatively routine business like review of budgets and management plans, and reports from observers, were whether the endangered Emperor Penguin would be designated for special protection, possible new regulations related to tourism, steps towards improving tran...

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